Japanese -n. One of two sets of "Japanese" characters used for writing Japanese (the other is katakana). Unlike kanji, they denote sounds; each character is a syllable. Collectively, the two systems are known as kana. Hiragana is the syllablic vocabulary for Japanese words, whereas katakana is for foreign words, although it doesn't preserve foreign pronunciation to any great extent. Two or more hiragana characters are used for some syllables.

One of the four alphabets used in writing Japanese. Hiragana is the syllabic alphabet generally used to write short Japanese words or parts of speech (like verb endings). More rounded and "cursive" than the other syllabic alphabet, katakana.

One of the writing systems used in Japanese. Used for Japanese words and grammar.

From Ruby Annotation ( 2001-05-31) Japanese syllabic script, or character of that script. Rounded and cursive in appearance. Subset of the Japanese writing system, used together with kanji and katakana. In recent times, mostly used to write Japanese words when kanji are not available or appropriate, and word endings and particles.

The Japanese phonetic alphabet used for Japanese words

Phonetic Japanese character set

One of three different Japanese writing systems. The characters in this system have many curves and are mainly used for words of Japanese origin. Read more about this in my translation notes.

The basic Japanese syllabary or alphabet, hirigana is the first writing system Japanese children learn. In adult writing, hiragana is combined with kanji and katakana.

phonetic script used for Japanese words

one of the 3 writing systems used in Japan. Used to represent Japanese words and is composed of characters that represent the singe vowels (a, i, u, e, o) or a combination of consonants and a vowel (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, sa, si, su, se, so, etc.) or the only consonant that can exist on its own, but never at the beginning of a word (n).

a form of Japanese phonetic writing ( kana). More complex than katakana, and generally used to write words of Japanese origin.

Phonetic script used for writing Japanese in combination with kanji .

a flowing Japanese phonetic alphabet; this is the most mainstream of the three. The style of the characters is more complex and flowing than katakana but less so than kanji. Has the same sounds as katakana, and resembles it to some degree. kana - the phonetic Japanese alphabet. Subdivided into hiragana and katakana. Each letter is one syllable long, although there are various ways to indicate that one is supposed to hold a syllable or cut it short.

1/4ˆã²ã‚‰ãŒãªï1/4‰ The first set of Japanese syllable-based alphabet. This set is often used in the Japanese text, and it is also the first set that Japanese children (and Japanese language students) learn first. Examples of Hiragana are: あ (a), か (ka), さ (sa), た (ta), な (na), etc. etc.

A Japanese phonetic syllabary. The symbols are cursive or curvilinear in style. See Kanji and Katakana.

A Japanese syllabic "alphabet" used to write native words.

One of the syllabic alphabets used in writing Japanese. Hiragana is most commonly used for the variable grammatical elements in Japanese sentences, as well as for words which have no kanji symbols. See also katakana and kana.

n. One of the two common Japanese phonetic alphabets (the other is katakana). In hiragana, each character is represented by 1 byte.

Japanese writing system. Phoenetic, used for Japanese words.

Phonetic alphabet for Nipponese; used for legal documents, Shinto texts, etc.

Cursive Japanese script

One of the three common Japanese alphabets (see also Kanji and Katakana). Hiragana is made up of 48 symbols that represent syllables, and was developed by the Japanese to supplement Kanji (see below) because of the differences in Chinese and Japanese grammar and pronunciation. Unlike Kanji Hiragana is not that hard to learn, but unfortunately you need to learn Kanji to use it properly. Pronounced 'Heer-ah-gah-nah'.

Japanese written characters, a sub-type of Kana. Each character represents on syllable and has no meaning other than to represent a sound.

A graphic character set that is used to write Japanese words phonetically. This set of characters is used as word endings when writing in Kanji. Contrast with Katakana.

one of three sets of written characters in Japanese, once used for women's writing, used to spell or identify kanji and as the beginning script for schoolchildren see also kanji and katakana

A flowing phonetic subscript of the native Japanese writing system. In Hiragana, all of the sounds of the Japanese language are represented by 50 syllables..

A graphic character set consisting of symbols used in one of the two common Japanese phonetic alphabets. Each character is represented by 1 byte.

Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana and kanji; the Latin alphabet is also used in some cases. Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each symbol represents one mora. Each kana is either a vowel (such as a あ); a consonant followed by a vowel (such as ka か); or n ん, a nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds either like English m, n, or ng , or like the nasal vowels of French.